Talkingpointsmemo: Palin Refuses to Testify

[flpoljunkie]

Palin Refuses to Testify

09.03.08
By Josh Marshall

It didn't take long. We've already brought you news of the official investigation into Gov. Palin's firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. Steve Branchflower, the lead investigator, began trying to arrange a deposition of the governor days before her veep selection. And despite claiming executive privilege to shield requested emails, up until that point Palin had promised full cooperation with the probe.

Now, however, she is refusing to submit to questioning by Branchflower unless he and the legislative committee that appointed him agree to relinquish control of the investigation and turn it over to a state review board made up of three Palin appointees.

Yesterday, Palin took the unusual step of having her lawyer, Thomas van Flein, file an ethics complaint against her with the state's Attorney General. This, she hopes, will lead the AG to give the investigation to the aforementioned state personnel board. Unless that happens, and Branchflower agrees to close down his investigation, she will refuse to testify.

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[Fluffdaddy]

1. This is Bull Shit. How can someone under investigation pick their investigators

[grannie4peace]

2. she is a sleaze

[Enrique]

3. another Dick Cheney

stonewaller in chief.

[mmonk]

She's already getting a handle on things on how a unitary executive

system works.

[GreenPartyVoter]

** dosn't testify either. He'll "visit" with grand juries and so forth, but not

talk under oath. x(

[Joanne98]

4. Palin CRONYISM!

[City Lights]

5. More of the same!

mccain/palin = EPIC FAIL!

[LaurenG]

6. Wow where have I heard of those tactics before?

:eyes:

[Epiphany4z]

7. i have heard this someplace before...hmmmm

Rove ..just refuse to testifie..it worked for me and Harriet...

[No Elephants]

8. Someone wake the media, or are they too busy chasing her daugher?

[redqueen]

12. Of course they're focused on the distractions...

can't have real issues get any serious amount of attention now... why break tradition?

[SteppingStone]

16. Yep, they're so focused on the PG daughter that they don't...

have time to report the SERIOUS problems with this extreme fundie VP pick!

Or, are they doing so purposely?

[redqueen]

9. She is JUST LIKE BUSH!

:grr:

[SteppingStone]

17. Worse... she's to the fundie right of Bush! n/t

[arikara]

18. That she is...

Speaking before the Pentecostal church, Palin painted the current war in Iraq as a messianic affair in which the United States could act out the will of the Lord.

"Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending out on a task that is from God," she exhorted the congregants. "That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God's plan."

Religion, however, was not strictly a thread in Palin's foreign policy. It was part of her energy proposals as well. Just prior to discussing Iraq, Alaska's governor asked the audience to pray for another matter -- a $30 billion national gas pipeline project that she wanted built in the state. "I think God's will has to be done in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that," she said.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/02/palins-church-may-have-sh_n_123205.html

[redqueen]

27. Ugh... you're right... worse than Bush? How can people seriously be considering this?

I read where a Canadian woman said that if she lived here she'd have a hard time deciding between Obama and McCain.

:wtf:

:banghead:

[SteppingStone]

28. Ughhh!!!

Hopefully American women will wake up and vote!

The McCain ticket just became an EXTREME anti-choice. anti-woman, and anti-environment ticket! The woman he selected is not one of us progressive women that have fought for equal rights all these years. In fact, she rode in on our coat tails! I resent the hell out of her for thinking she can pick up where Hillary left off! I resent McCain for thinking - "Any ovary will do!". THAT is what's sexist!

I grew up in a more environentally isolated area than Sarah did. Half of us became environmentalists, half of us became exploitationists. Sarah can speak for her own kind, but she sure as hell dosn't speak for me!!! Yep, she became one of the exploitationist!

[redqueen]

30. I'm not feeling very hopeful.

I just had an educated woman from Canada tell me this morning that she'd have a hard time deciding whom to vote for if she lived here.

Said she'd vote for Nader if she wasn't in a "swing state".

And she is firmly PRO CHOICE.

:cry:

:banghead:

:cry:

:nuke:

[SteppingStone]

31. Thank Goddess she's not in the US, right?

Hey, I grew up in a remote area that is pretty much the same as Alaska. This ticket doesn't fool anybody but the people that already supported McCain in the first place (reluctantly). BUT, it fires up the other half of the ticket too - those that were luke warm on Obama and were pro-choice, pro-environment, anti-war, etc. Ya win some, ya lose some.

I'm a TRUE frontier woman feminist and I'm puttin' on my mud boots to go fight for Obama!

[redqueen]

32. Yeah...

it's just that she's so smart... it really threw me.

Thanks for your sharing your uplifiting spirit. Thanks very much. :)

[Political Tiger]

23. Bush in a skirt.

She almost makes Bush look ethical. Almost.

[riderinthestorm]

10. Jayzus, could she have announced any louder that she's guilty?

Wow. She's going all hardball on the investigation at this stage especially with the press attention all about her?! This could have been handled a lot more quietly but now that she's ramped up her defense to nuclear level, she's exposing herself.

K & R. Troopergate just got real legs.

[BeyondGeography]

11. Can't wait for the convention to end so we can take the gloves off

Too much good material out there that's begging to be used.

[mopinko]

13. you have to admit

she is a worthy heir to the bush/cheney kingdom.

[Fluffdaddy]

14. We got to beat these people. I can't take 4 more years of the past 8

If I thought more money would make the difference, I would send more cash to the campaign

[the Sundance Kid]

15. she is only making things worse

if she has nothing to hide, she should testify.

[Bigleaf]

19. Our surrogates should be hammering her on this. Compare her tactics to the last 8 years of Bush

Cheney/Rove. Come on guys, the ball is on the T. Just take a big swing.

[Douglas Carpenter]

20. RECOMMENDED!!! ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT STORY THAT NEED LOTS OF RECOMMENDS!!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

21. Claiming executive privilege to fight a subpoena for her papers and e-mail

and now dodging a summons to testify under oath. This person hasn't been in the public eye for a week and she's already acting like the scum we've been facing for the last 8 years.

[flpoljunkie]

22. Yet, this important development will go nowhere, if the main stream media ignores it.

Haven't heard a word about it today. Anyone?

[BlueIdaho]

24. Shout this from the rooftops

Forget about her kids - this sleazy stunt will remind everyone why they hate George Bush, Dick Cheney, and the all too clever republican party. Let her reveal herself as just another right-wing political hack!

edit - typo

[chatnoir]

25. Damn, they're coaching her fast

I'm so sick of this sleazy shit from the last 8 yrs

[doublethink]

26. .....

:kick:

[JuniperLea]

29. She sure is one of THEM!!

She is sooooo BushCo it isn't even funny!